EPIGRAMMATIC, EPIGRAMMATICAL

a.Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as an epigrammatic poet. 1. Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an epigram; concise; pointed; poignant; as epigrammatic style or wit.

EPIGRAMMATIC; EPIGRAMMATICAL

EPIGRAMMATIC; EPIGRAMMATICAL Ep `i *gram *mat "ic, Ep `i *gram *mat "ic *al, Etym: [L. epigrammaticus: cf. F. épigrammatique.]

EPIGRAMMATICALLY

EPIGRAMMATICALLY Ep `i *gram *mat "ic *al *ly, adv.

epigrammatic

ep i gram mat ic |ˌepigrəˈmatik ˈˌɛpəɡrəˈmædɪk | ▶adjective of the nature or in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing: an epigrammatic style. DERIVATIVES ep i gram mat i cal ly |-(ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin epigrammaticus, from Latin epigramma (see epigram ).

epigrammatic

epigrammatic |ˌɛpɪgrəˈmatɪk | ▶adjective in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing: an epigrammatic style. DERIVATIVES epigrammatically adverb

epigrammatic

epigrammatic adjective her epigrammatic verses: concise, succinct, pithy, aphoristic; incisive, short and sweet; witty, clever, quick-witted, piquant, sharp, gnomic, laconic; informal snappy. ANTONYMS expansive.

epigrammatic

epigrammatic adjective her short, epigrammatic verses: concise, succinct, terse, pithy, aphoristic, compact, condensed, compressed, short, brief; laconic, sparing, clipped, elliptical; tight, crisp, incisive, pointed, to the point, short and sweet; witty, clever, amusing, quick-witted, piquant, ingenious; sharp, trenchant, well tuned, finely honed, in well-chosen words; informal snappy; rare lapidary, compendious, synoptic, gnomic, apophthegmatic. ANTONYMS expansive, rambling.